Bolagarh

Bolagarh
ବୋଲଗଡ
Country Town
Bolagarh
Bolagarh

Location in Odisha, India

Coordinates: 20°11′0″N 85°16′0″E / 20.18333°N 85.26667°E / 20.18333; 85.26667Coordinates: 20°11′0″N 85°16′0″E / 20.18333°N 85.26667°E / 20.18333; 85.26667
Country  India
State Odisha
District Khordha
Tahasil Bolagarh
Elevation 20 m (70 ft)
Population (2009)
 • Total 49,403[1]
Languages
 • Official Odia
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration OD
Lok Sabha constituency Bhubaneswar
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bolagarh-Begunia
Website odisha.gov.in

Bolagarh[2] (Odia: ବୋଲଗଡ) is a Tahasil in Khordha in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters town for Bolagarh Tahasil. It can be classified as a main-road town. The NH-224 (India) highway passes through it.

Although it is a country town. It has been activating as a Block headquarter from the post independence Era and going to be a Notified Area Council. It inherits a glorious past enriched with its magnificent nature, diversified culture and tradition unified, its unique identity in contribution to language, literature, tradition to Odisha both pre independence and post independence. Moreover, it was a part and parcel (great part/role) with its “Paika” force to the “paika mutiny” in odisha against royal anarchy at per with sepoy mutiny in India against colonial rulers. It was one of the forts of the past khordha kingdom.

Presently it is in the path of a great transitional development in all fields including education,literature,art and culture and the process of development is going on with all the efforts to make it a development area ideally suited for a better living, an ideal habitat with its gifted nature.

Geography

Bolagarh is a village panchayat located in the Khordha district of Orissa state,India. The latitude 20.1728756 and longitude 85.2756[3] are the geocoordinate of the Bolagarh. Bhubaneswar is the state capital for Bolagarh village. It is located around 59.9 kilometer away from Bolagarh. The other surrounding state capitals are Ranchi 354.4 km., Kolkata 416.0 km., Patna 605.9 km.

Language

The native language of Bolagarh is Oriya and most of the village people speak Oriya. Bolagarh people use Oriya language for communication.

Weather and Climate

It is Hot in summer. Bolagarh summer highest day temperature is in between 30 °C to 42 °C . Average temperatures of January is 21 °C, February is 24 °C, March is 29 °C, April is 31 °C, May is 32 °C .

Places to see

Fairs and Festivals

Pandardola Yatra, Raja Yatra, Dhanu Yatra, Chandan Yatra, Ratha Yatra, Durga puja, Kali Puja, Shiva Ratri, Ganesh puja, Saraswati puja, Gajalaxmi Puja, Bolagarh Mahotsav,etc. [5]

Education

College in Bolagarh: Paramanda College, Bolagarh

High School in Bolgarh : Baman High School, Bolagarh Govt Girls High school,Bolagarh

Private School in Bolgarh: Saraswati shisu mandir,Bolagarh Viveka nanda shikhya kendra,Bolagarh

How to Reach Bolagarh

By Air :

Bolgarh’s nearest airport is Biju Pattanaik International Airport (58 km).

By Rail :

The nearest railway station to Bolgarh is Rajsunakhala (a small town of Nayagarh district) (8 km).

By Road:

The Best way to go from Bhubaneswar to Bolgarh/Bolagarh is one of the State Govt buses,Private buses/mini buses Leaving from Bhubaneswar main bus stand (known as Baramunda bus stand). They take approximately 2 hours to reach Bolgarh.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Bolagarh.html
  2. ↑ http://bolgarhlive.in/about-bolgarh/
  3. ↑ http://wikiedit.org/India/Bolagarh/264211/
  4. ↑ http://bolgarhlive.in/first-science-and-technology-based-museum-of-odisha/
  5. ↑ http://www.onefivenine.com/india/villag/Khordha/Bolagarh
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